Articles and Comments By Sam Curry
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Companies Hit By Ransomware Often Targeted Again, Research Says And Expert Comments
November 09 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Ransomware is a clear and present danger to all organisations, no one can pay their way out of the p...
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Medibank Says Hacker Accessed Data Of 9.7 Million Customers, Refuses To Pay Ransom
November 08 , 2022 by Sam Curry
If we've learned anything about the global ransomware economy over the past few years, it's that you...
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Australian Defence Department Impacted In Ransomware Attack
November 02 , 2022 by Sam Curry
It is reassuring to hear from the Australian government that its defence's weren't breached in this...
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Dropbox Says It Has Been Breached By Hackers, Experts Reactions
November 02 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Dropbox, like its other storage peers, is a super aggregator of data. This makes them an attractive...
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No.10 Whatsapp Use Is Critical Danger To Security
October 31 , 2022 by Sam Curry
An immediate government inquiry into the alleged phone hack is needed. Thus far the lesson is to pre...
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Do You Think Businesses Must Do More To Boost Cyber Defences, Says Nadhim Zahawi
October 19 , 2022 by Sam Curry
New cyber mandates without means won't help and risks bayoneting the wounded. What is needed is both...
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Mormon Church Hit By Cyberattack, Personal Data Exposed
October 17 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Kudos to church officials for working with law enforcement agencies during its investigation of this...
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Ukraine Fears 'Massive' Russian Cyberattacks On Power, Infrastructure
September 27 , 2022 by Sam Curry
It’s more of the same from Russia at this point. It would be strange if they went silent now, or i...
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U.S. Charges 3 Iranian Hackers And Sanctions Several Others Over Ransomware Attacks
September 15 , 2022 by Sam Curry
The threat of Iranian state sponsored cyber attacks remains real and today's Department of Justice i...
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Experts Reaction On White House Releases Post-SolarWinds Federal Software Security Requirements
September 15 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Yesterday's Office of Management and Budget memo is an indication that the government is taking supp...
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French Hospital Hit By $10M Ransomware Attack, Sends Patients Elsewhere
August 24 , 2022 by Sam Curry
While I'm sure the disruptions at CHSF Hospital Centre are widespread, this attack is yet another re...
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Apple Security Flaw Actively Exploited By Hackers
August 19 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Regardless of Apple's recent disclosure of a serious vulnerability affecting millions of iPhones, iP...
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South Staffordshire Water Latest Target Of Criminal Cyber Attack
August 16 , 2022 by Sam Curry
You can’t pay your way out of ransomware and, unless an organisation is facing what they consider...
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NHS IT Supplier Held To Ransom By Hackers
August 15 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Healthcare companies and hospitals, in particular, have long been targets of ransomware gangs becaus...
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Marriot Data Breach - Expert Weighs In
July 06 , 2022 by Sam Curry
"Now is not the time to bayonet the wounded, as Marriott has a mature and talented security team. Th...
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Wiltshire Farm Foods Cyberattack
June 28 , 2022 by Sam Curry
“It certainly looks from afar that Wiltshire Farm Foods is the victim of a ransomware attack, but...
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Experts Insight On Coca Cola Potential Breach
April 28 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Aside from what Stormous has disclosed, we know very little about the possible level of damage at th...
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International Intelligence Agency Warns Of Russian Cyber Attacks
April 22 , 2022 by Sam Curry
The Five Eyes advisory is a show of solidarity, and it says very clearly that these five countries\'...
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Experts Insight On Spring4Shell Vulnerability
April 01 , 2022 by Sam Curry
With some early reports surfacing that Spring4Shell is significantly different from Log4j, we’ll k...
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What Caused The Ransomware Attack On Toyota? Experts Insight
March 01 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Hackers long ago realised the value in attacking the supply chain, and SolarWinds and Kaseya were wa...
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Cyberattack On Ukraine Amid Tensions With Russia
February 24 , 2022 by Sam Curry
Recent statements from a top DoJ official calling companies foolish if they aren\'t preparing for po...
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Cyberattack On Ukraine Amid Tensions With Russia
February 16 , 2022 by Sam Curry
At the moment with Ukraine government officials reporting that the Defense Ministry and several bank...
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Vodafone Portugal Mobile & TV Brought Down By Cyberattack
February 09 , 2022 by Sam Curry
As Vodafone Portugal continues its investigation into the recent cyberattack on its network, there i...
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Swissport Ransomware Attack Delays Flights, Disrupts Operations
February 07 , 2022 by Sam Curry
While the attack on Swissport has the look of a Russian involvement, it would be premature to formal...
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News Corp Journalists Emails Hacked, China Blamed
February 07 , 2022 by Sam Curry
News Corp certainly isn\'t the first news organisation targeted in an espionage campaign and won\'t...
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Data Hacked For 400,000 LA Patients
December 02 , 2021 by Sam Curry
With the reported ransomware attack against Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles impacting more than 40...
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Papa New Guinea's Finance Department Suffers Massive Ransomware Attack
October 30 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The recent ransomware attack against Papua New Guinea\'s finance department is yet another reminder...
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Mandiant And Microsoft Identify New Activity From Russian Actor Nobelium, Experts Reactions
October 26 , 2021 by Sam Curry
What Microsoft’s Nobelium report doesn’t include is the smoking gun pointing from Russia to its...
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Sinclair TV Confirms Cyber Attack – Expert Comments
October 19 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The reports of a ransomware attack on Sinclair broadcasting are a reminder of the resilience and dil...
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Comment: CISA, FBI, And NSA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory On Conti Ransomware
September 23 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency\'s (CISA) advisory on the Conti ransomware gang is...
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Apple Issues Urgent iPhone Software Update To Address Critical Spyware Vulnerability
September 14 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Monday’s emergency software updates for a critical vulnerability discovered in iPhones, Apple Watc...
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United Nations’ Computers Breached by Hackers
September 13 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The United Nations has one of the biggest breach bullseyes of any organisation in the world on its b...
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Microsoft Issues An Advisory Following Attackers Exploiting Previously Unknown Vulnerability
September 09 , 2021 by Sam Curry
There is always the chance of a zero day attack and Microsoft is turning them up a lot right now, bu...
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Expert Comment: Howard University Cancels Classes After The Ransomware Attack
September 08 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The recent ransomware attack against Howard University is yet another reminder that no one is immune...
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Biden Says Cybersecurity Is The ‘Core National Security Challenge’ At CEO Summit, Experts Reacted
August 27 , 2021 by Sam Curry
After months of escalating cyberattacks engineered by nation state sponsored groups against public a...
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U.S. State Department Reportedly Hit By Cyber Attack
August 23 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The recent cyberattack against the U.S. State Department is a reminder that anyone and everyone can...
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Accenture Ransomware Attack - Experts Comments
August 12 , 2021 by Sam Curry
From initial reports, kudos may be in order for Accenture for being prepared for ransomware, the sco...
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Experts React: McDonald's Suffers Data Breach
June 14 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The McDonald\'s data breach is yet another reminder that every minute of everyday threat actors arou...
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Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from Game Giant EA
June 11 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Oftentimes, there isn\'t a lot of good news or optimism resulting from another global giant being...
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Experts React: US Recovers Millions Paid To Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers
June 08 , 2021 by Sam Curry
There is no doubt an incredible story behind the scenes that we look forward to hearing more about....
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Implications Of Russian Solarwinds Hackers New Email Attack On Government Agencies
May 31 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The newest attack on U.S. and foreign government agencies by suspected Russian threat actors is a re...
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Canada Post Discloses Data Breach
May 27 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The sheer number of companies breached is massive, and it will likely take months to know the full...
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Expert Comment on Irish Health Service Ransomware Attack
May 17 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Ransomware attacks have slowed over the past few years, but threat actors are much more strategic in...
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Experts Responses on Verizon DBiR Findings
May 13 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The Internet is growing, usage by even longtime users is growing, business online is growing, so it\...
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Experts Reaction On News That UK Could Use Trident To Counter Cyber-Attack
March 18 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The potential for kinetic responses to cyber conflict is real and has been used in the past, specifi...
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Experts Reaction On Verkada Hack Affecting 150,000 Of Its Security Cameras
March 11 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The reports of the hacktivist breach of more than 150,000 surveillance cameras used inside Tesla\'s...
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Experts Reaction On Malaysia Airlines 9 Years Old Data Breach
March 03 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Unfortunately, the Malaysia Airlines breach is a reminder how many more strides need to be made befo...
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Hackers Break Into ‘Biochemical Systems’ At Oxford Uni Lab Studying Covid-19
February 26 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The reported hacking of an Oxford University biolab by threat actors is another gutless and abhorren...
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Comment: Aircraft Manufacturers Bombardier Hit By Ransom Attack
February 25 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The silver lining for Bombardier is that they can use the opportunity from this latest breach to inv...
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Experts Reaction On Kia Motors Suffers Ransomware Attack
February 18 , 2021 by Sam Curry
If news reports are accurate, Kia Motors has long since passed the panic mode in dealing with a mass...
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Indian Cyber-espionage Effort Targets Election, Energy Officials In Pakistan And Kashmir
February 12 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The discovery of a sophisticated and targeted cyber espionage campaign against Pakistani and...
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Hacker Breached Florida Treatment Plant To Poison The Water Supply
February 09 , 2021 by Sam Curry
With the U.S. Secret Service and FBI involved in trying to determine the cyber culprits poisoning th...
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Experts Reaction On Hackers Steal Foxtons Customer Data
February 04 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The latest revelations about Foxton clearly look like a \'he said, she said\' moment with a lot of f...
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Expert Insight On BT Report Confiming CISOs Under Pressure
February 02 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The findings from BT\'s research project are both exciting and sobering. For the 16 percent of execu...
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Emotet Takedown - What's Next
January 28 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Since its discovery more than six years ago, Emotet has been used in cyber espionage and criminal ac...
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Expert Reaction On Apple iOS 14.4 Fixes Three Critical Security Bugs
January 28 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Apple admitting to iPhone security vulnerabilities is about as rare as someone getting struck by lig...
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Expert Commentary: Phishing Attack Impersonates UK NHS To Obtain Sensitive Consumer Data
January 27 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Colour me as not surprised that the latest COVID-19 pandemic threat is focused on consumers looking...
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Experts On Australia's Securities Regulator Says Server Hit By Cybersecurity Breach
January 26 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The Discovery of the breach at Australia\'s Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is a reminde...
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Cyber Expert On Malware Found On Laptops Provided By Government For Home-schooling
January 22 , 2021 by Sam Curry
There are many local and national schemes which have been implemented to try and provide devices for...
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A Chinese Hacking Group Is Stealing Airline Passenger Details
January 21 , 2021 by Sam Curry
The Chinese government will deny any involvement in the hacking of the airlines, as they will roll o...
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Experts Reacted On Hackney Council Leaked Documents
January 08 , 2021 by Sam Curry
Ransomware attacks will continue to be a serious threat to the public and private sector in 2021. Co...
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DHS Hacked As Part Of Massive Cyberattack On Federal Agencies
December 15 , 2020 by Sam Curry
While the news of the massive global Solar Winds breach is an all-too-painful reminder of the WannaC...
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Expert Reacted On US Treasury And Commerce Departments Targeted In Cyber-attack
December 14 , 2020 by Sam Curry
News of a breach with the potential size of the one carried out on the U.S. Treasury and Commerce De...
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Experts Reacted On Hackers Steal Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data
December 11 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Cyber attacks on the global COVID-19 vaccine distribution network from nation-states China, Russia a...
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Expert Advise In Relation To CISA Warns Of Holiday Online Shopping Scams
November 25 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The holidays are a time of great joy and reflection for many people on their accomplishments and ach...
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Expert Advise On Black Friday And Cyber Monday
November 25 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Consumers should monitor their credit cards daily during the holiday season for suspicious and unaut...
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Experts On Manchester United Hit By 'Sophisticated' Cyber Attack
November 23 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Kudos to the cybersecurity experts at Manchester United Football Club for their quick and decisive r...
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Animal Jam Kids' Virtual World Hit By Data Breach, Impacting 46m Accounts: Expert Commentary
November 13 , 2020 by Sam Curry
A breach and exposure of as wide a datasheet as is being reported by Animal Jam is another example o...
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FBI Alert: Imminent Threat Of Ransomware Attacks On U.S. Healthcare – Experts Comments
October 30 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The FBI\'s and DHS\'s hastily scheduled news conference warning U.S. hospitals and healthcare provid...
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Iran-linked Threat Actor Targets T20 Summit Attendees
October 29 , 2020 by Sam Curry
This breach is clearly a surgical strike against a targeted group of former government officials, po...
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Experts Reacted On Pharma Giant Pfizer Exposes Patient Data On Unsecured Cloud Storage
October 23 , 2020 by Sam Curry
What the recent Pfizer data breach tells us is that it is extremely difficult for even the largest c...
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Experts Reacted On US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwarfare Unit
October 20 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The Sandworm hacking group has been laying a path of cyber destruction around the world for years, i...
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Experts Insight On Barnes & Noble Hack
October 15 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The Barnes & Noble breach is yet another reminder of how it\'s become almost a reflex now for retail...
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Cybersecurity Experts Reacted On Hackney Council Cyber Attack
October 14 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The last revelations from Hackney Council being hit by a massive cyberattack is not surprising given...
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Comment: US Dept Of Treasury Warns Ransomware Victims Who Pay Could Be Fined
October 04 , 2020 by Sam Curry
As financial losses from cyber crime activity and ransomware attacks, in particular, have skyrockete...
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Experts On News that Data of more than 500,000 referees stolen in ransomware attack
September 23 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The reported ArbiterSports hack is another reminder of how successful ransomware attacks have become...
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Experts On News: U.S. Charges Chinese Cybercriminals With Hacking Over 100 Companies
September 18 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The drumbeat we hear in the background today resulting from today\'s U.S. Department of Justice indi...
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Expert Reaction On Personal Information Of 46,000 Veterans Was Compromised In Data Breach
September 15 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Disgusting is how I would categorise this latest reported hack of the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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Experts Insight On US Court of Louisiana Hit by “Conti” Ransomware
September 14 , 2020 by Sam Curry
This newest report of yet another ransomware attack on critical infrastructure in the US is neither...
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Expert on News: 50,000 Australian driving licences are leaked online
September 02 , 2020 by Sam Curry
With all data breaches, there is often good and bad news. The bad news is that there are tens of tho...
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Experts Reacted On Musk Confirms Russian Hack Targeted Tesla Factory
August 28 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The allegations and arrest of a Russian in an alleged plot to hack Tesla reads like a real movie scr...
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Companies Hacked By RedCurl Cybercrime Group For Three Years
August 14 , 2020 by Sam Curry
It should not come as a surprise that another string of hacks has impacted corporations around the w...
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Expert Reaction On US govt exposing Chinese espionage malware
August 06 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The newest revelations regarding China\'s repeated attempts to steal IP from U.S. based public and p...
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Expert Reaction On News: Ransomware Feared As Possible Saboteur For November Election
August 04 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Voting is undoubtedly critical infrastructure, as it is fundamental to our democracy and way of life...
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Experts On The News: The Vatican Is Said To Be Hacked From China Before Talks With Beijing
July 30 , 2020 by Sam Curry
There are three certainties in life, death, taxes and Beijing\'s repeated denials of having any invo...
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Expert Commentary: Drizly Breach And Its Implications
July 30 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The reported hack of Drizly is another reminder that consumers should regularly update their user cr...
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ISC Russia Report - CISO Comments On Cyber Attacks Facing Government
July 22 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Not only do the findings in the report smack of a lack of transparency, but it’s also confusing to...
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Experts Insight On Major US Twitter Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
July 17 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Twitter is garnering headlines today, but they aren\'t the first and won\'t be the last social media...
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Comment: Potentially Sensitive Data From Over 200 US Police Departments Exposed Online By 'BlueLeak's
June 23 , 2020 by Sam Curry
At the moment, we know that a lot of information has been leaked but not how it was leaked or the po...
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Experts Reaction On Australia Targeted By 'Sophisticated' Cyber Attack - By 'State-based' Actor
June 19 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Prime Minister Morrison knows that this isn\'t the first time his country has come under cyber attac...
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Experts Reaction On Paid Hackers Targeted Thousands Of People And Hundreds Of Institutions Worldwide
June 10 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Cyber is fertile ground for entrepreneurs, on the light side and the dark. With the amount of money...
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Amtrak Data Breach: Expert Commentary
June 03 , 2020 by Sam Curry
In the old days we used to say that “loose lips sink ships,” but in this day and age “a loose...
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Experts Insight On Wishbone App Data Breach Affects 40M Users
May 22 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Forty million users one day, and 100 users the next, leaves most consumers desensitized and unaware...
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Interserve Database Hacked: Expert Insight
May 14 , 2020 by Sam Curry
While specific details are scant, it is encouraging that to see Interserve working closely with the...
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Hacked Law Firm Informs Celeb Clients Including Lady Gaga And Madonna Of Data Breach - Experts Insight
May 13 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Human beings are the single biggest asset cyber criminals have in extorting money, and specifically...
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Expert Comments On Hackers Threaten To Leak Data From Famous High-end Zaha Hadid Architecture Firm
April 29 , 2020 by Sam Curry
In light of reports that Zaha Hadid has suffered a data breach, the rubber will hit the road if the...
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Experts Insight On Zoom Releases 5.0 Update With Security And Privacy Improvements
April 24 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Congratulations to Zoom for hitting their 90-day security goals, and as an industry we look forward...
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Experts Reaction On Bill Introduced To Put National Security Warnings On TikTok, FaceApp
April 22 , 2020 by Sam Curry
With globalization at an all-time low, and the United States being more and more a connected, digita...
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Details Of 20 Million Aptoide App Store Users Leaked On Hacking Forum - Expert Insight
April 21 , 2020 by Sam Curry
It all comes down to trust in the end, and most of these stores are asking for too much trust up fro...
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RagnarLocker Ransomware Hits EDP Energy Giant, Asks For €10M - Experts Comments
April 16 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Any successful breach, such as the one being reported against EDP, no matter the size and scope, hav...
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Expert Reaction On Phishing Scammers Have Started To Impersonate President Trump And Vice President Mike Pence
April 10 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 we are seeing countless examples of hackers preying on unsuspecting v...
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Expert Reaction On Interpol Warning That Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals Are Increasing
April 08 , 2020 by Sam Curry
There is little honour amongst thieves, and it is shameful that hospitals are seeing an increase in...
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Industry Leaders And Cybersecurity Experts Insight On Marriott International Data Breach
April 01 , 2020 by Sam Curry
We\'re in an unprecedented time in recent memory, and while Marriott\'s disclosure today regarding a...
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U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack - Expert Reaction
March 17 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Here\'s why the reported breach of the Dept of Health and Human Services is horrendous. Damage like...
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Experts Comments On Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report - US At Risk Of A "Catastrophic cyber-attack"
March 13 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Most of what we do as humans is on autopilot, saving precious computing resources in our minds for n...
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Boots Suspends Advantage Card Payments After Cyber Attack - Experts Responds
March 06 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The Boots breach is yet another reminder of how it\'s become almost a reflex now for retailers to co...
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Cybersecurity Experts On Ryuk Ransomware Hits Fortune 500 Company EMCOR
March 06 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The rubber hits the Wall Street road when Fortune 500 companies start readjusting earnings due to cy...
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Expert Analysis On ISS World Suffers From Cyber Attack
February 21 , 2020 by Sam Curry
In the case of the ISS World ransomware attack, and all ransomware attacks for that matter, corporat...
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Personal Details Of 10.6M MGM Hotel Guests Posted On A Hacking Forum - Cybersecurity Experts React
February 21 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The latest news from MGM shouldn’t come as a surprise: the hospitality industry has a target on it...
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Expert Reaction On Chinese Hackers Have Breached Online Betting And Gambling Sites
February 20 , 2020 by Sam Curry
It shouldn\'t come as a surprise to anyone that online gambling and betting sites are targets of hac...
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Bouygues Construction Paralysed By A Major Cyber Attack - Experts Insight
February 03 , 2020 by Sam Curry
It\'s important to not leap to conclusions prematurely when anyone is hit with a cyberattack. With B...
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Experts On Data Breach At Indian Airline SpiceJet Affects 1.2 Million Passengers
January 31 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Ethical hacking is easy to get wrong and hard to do right. In the case of SpiceJet, not much is know...
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Experts Analysis Of Wawa Breach Potentially Compromised 30 Million+ Payment Cards
January 30 , 2020 by Sam Curry
It\'s become almost a reflex now: another letter in the mailbox, \"we regret to inform you that due...
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Experts On Gedia Automotive Group Hit By Massive Cyber Attack That Shuts Down IT Operations
January 28 , 2020 by Sam Curry
In an ideal world, we wouldn\'t pay ransoms. Ever. Funding the dark side, and losing money hurts our...
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Avast Antivirus Subsidiary Sells Highly Sensitive Web Browsing Data To Many World Leading Companies
January 28 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Antivirus companies who get into the practice of data brokering cease to be security companies, in m...
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Expert Reaction On FBI, Homeland Security Warn Of Iranian Terror And Cyber Threat In New Intelligence Bulletin
January 09 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Iran, like many nations, is never really at peace in the cybersphere. In peacetime, it seeks to expa...
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Comments On News: Barclays, Lloyds, RBS And HSBC All Hit By Travelex Cyber Attack
January 09 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The latest Travelex drama is neither unexpected or surprising considering they have been mostly offl...
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Response Comment: Travelex Foreign Currency Website STILL Down After 4 Days Following Cyber Attack
January 08 , 2020 by Sam Curry
Today, most companies have contingency plans and tools in place to deal with the ransomware threat....
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Iranian General Qasem Soleimani: Cyber Implications Comments From Cyber Expert
January 06 , 2020 by Sam Curry
The gauntlet has been thrown for reasons that are hard to gauge behind a wall of information classif...
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Comment: New Orleans Government Shut Down By Massive Cyber Attack
December 16 , 2019 by Sam Curry
Most cities and states are ancient organisations by comparison to most corporations, with ages measu...
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Experts Reaction On 1.2 Billion Records Were Found Online On An Exposed, Unsecure Single Server
November 24 , 2019 by Sam Curry
Once again the People Data Labs breach is a win for the black market and underground crime syndicate...
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Comment: Notorious Iranian Hacking Crew Is Targeting Industrial Control Systems
November 22 , 2019 by Sam Curry
Microsoft\'s research into APT33\'s recent targeting of industrial control systems reminds us that i...
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Experts Comments On New 5G Flaws Can Track Phone Locations And Spoof Emergency Alerts
November 14 , 2019 by Sam Curry
I\'m not surprised by these 5G developments. Purdue U and Iowa U researchers are excellent at securi...
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Cyberattack On UK Labour Party System - Experts Reactions
November 13 , 2019 by Sam Curry
DDoS is done to deny service, disrupt business or to punch your opponent square in the mouth. Most D...
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Utah Renewable Energy Supplier Hit By Cyber Attack - Experts Reactions
November 04 , 2019 by Sam Curry
With attackers breaching and disrupting left and right, to say that another “wake up call” has c...
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Experts Reactions On North Korean Malware Found On Indian Nuclear Plants Network
October 31 , 2019 by Sam Curry
It should come as no surprise that India is both a target for political and economic reasons or a ma...
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Russia-linked Hackers Target Sports Organisations
October 30 , 2019 by Sam Curry
It should come as no surprise that Russia is using all its tools of the state to win. After all, hun...
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Experts On American Cancer Society’s Online Store Infected With Credit Card Stealing Malware
October 29 , 2019 by Sam Curry
The hackers have a machine that is ready to grind up identities, and they will point it at the indus...
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Experts On UniCredit Reveals Data Breach Exposing 3 Million Customer Records
October 29 , 2019 by Sam Curry
The hackers have a machine that is ready to grind up identities, and they will point it at the indus...
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Experts Comments On Millions Of Amazon Echo And Kindle Devices Affected By Wi-Fi Bug
October 17 , 2019 by Sam Curry
The Amazon Echo, Kindle and the entire Amazon home automation suite sits at the intersection of our...
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Experts Reaction On UK Job App Exposes Thousands Of CVs Online
October 17 , 2019 by Sam Curry
For potential employees, the goal is getting your resume in front of as many people as possible. And...
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Experts On "BriansClub" Hack Rescues 26m Stolen Cards
October 16 , 2019 by Sam Curry
There is no honour among thieves. Defence requires that defenders make no mistakes. It’s a game of...
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Volusion Data Breach - Comments
October 10 , 2019 by Sam Curry
The Volusion card skimming breach is yet another wake up call to the industry and all cloud service...
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‘Hundreds Of Millions’ Of iPhones Vulnerable To New ‘Unfixable’ Hack
September 30 , 2019 by Sam Curry
Checkm8 is not a cause for panic, but it is a wake-up call, much like a near-Earth asteroid miss tha...
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Experts Commentary On 1 Billion Mobile Users Vulnerable To Ongoing ‘SimJacker’ Surveillance Attack
September 16 , 2019 by Sam Curry
AdaptiveMobile\'s espionage discovery shouldn\'t surprise mobile carriers or phone users as the atta...
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Comment: UNICEF Data Leak Reveals Personal Info Of 8,000 Online Learners
September 11 , 2019 by Sam Curry
First off kudos UNICEF officials for leaning in and taking steps to limit the damage. The problem th...
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Experts Dots On Massive Database Of Facebook Users' FB IDs And Phone Numbers Found Online - On An Unprotected Server
September 06 , 2019 by Sam Curry
Facebook Privacy, an oxymoron or the gift that keeps on giving? The latest exposure appears to be of...
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Chinese APT Group Targeting Fortinet And Pulse Servers
September 06 , 2019 by Sam Curry
We want to be very careful not to denigrate possibly innocent security companies. This is reminiscen...
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U.S. Officials Fear Ransomware Attack Against 2020 Election
August 28 , 2019 by Sam Curry
It\'s a good thing that the United States government is concerned about election hacking, especially...
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Industry Comment: Passwords Can Be Reset, Biometrics Can't
August 15 , 2019 by Sam Curry
The fact is that an enormous number of biometrics devices are straw houses that can fall in the ligh...
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Capital One Suffers Data Breach Affecting 100 Million Customers
August 01 , 2019 by Sam Curry
For all intents and purposes, it looks like Capital One had some good security practices in place as...
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